What is going on with you?" she says, shaking her head and pushing me away. "What's up with all the love and affection? I mean, you of all people, you of the eternal iPod-hoodie combo.

What we think about, what we concentrate on, will always, always, be reflected on the outside.

I look at him more than a little shocked by his words knowing how much he likes being right being in charge most people do.

Gone surfing. Be back soon. -D

For the moment, I’m just Daire—a girl straddling two bloodlines. One I was given—one I must earn.

That's what true love is. It cannot be broken, it cannot be chipped away, it's eternal, everlasting, and it can weather any storm.

Well, for that matter, I was also a good friend of Leonardo da Vinci, Botticelli, Francis Bacon, Albert Einstein, and John, Paul, George, and Ringo." He pauses, seeing the blank look on my face and groaning when he says, "Christ, Ever, the Beatles!" He shakes his head and laughs. "God, you make me feel old.